by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.aafp.org/news/2018-congress-fmx/20181016fmx-opioids.html Comments; This panel in a meeting of family physicians is a good way to reach out to the very physicians who need to become more comfortable with the idea of helping; “these people are already your...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/05/653360644/addiction-treatment-gap-is-driving-a-black-market-for-suboxone?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social Comment; I have no idea how many of my patients on buprenorphine...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/As-deaths-rise-NY-lawmakers-push-for-addiction-13392779.php Comment; MAT should be mandatory in all penal facilities with referral to outpatient treatment settings on release. MAT is the gold standard of care. It works!...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1813961 Comment; Details the provisions of the SUPPORT act to provide coordinated care in a variety of ways to expand treatment options and provide financing to fight the war on drug abuse. Corey S. Davis, J.D., M.S.P.H....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders is the Standard of Care Comment; This has been known for some time by those of us “in the trenches”, good to see official recognition finally occuring! Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Case_Report___28_year_old_Woman_With_Opioid_Use.99425.aspx Comment; I’m all for getting innocent babies the protection that they need from their mothers in the throes of addiction Gray,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2018/08/23/opioid-crisis-kentucky-doctor-fought-drug-addiction-operates-suboxone-clinic/657519002/ Beth Warren, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 7:17 a.m. ET Aug. 23, 2018 | Updated 11:45 a.m. ET Aug. 23, 2018 Dr....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2685283 Jonathan M. Davis, MD1,2,3; Jeffrey Shenberger, MD4; Norma Terrin, PhD2,3; et al Importance Although opioids are used to treat neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), the best pharmacologic...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/19/inside-addiction-treatment-clinic-where-walk-ins-are-welcome/yqNDBNKHytmBcmzmZLsVGL/story.html Felice J. Freyer OTC Clinician Kathy Belanger (center) worked with Dawn Wahl and her son Michael Wahl, of Fall River, at the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Some hospital emergency departments are giving people medicine for withdrawal, plugging a hole in a system that too often fails to provide immediate treatment. Abby Goodnough SUBSCRIBE NOWLOG IN Image Dr. Andrew Herring of Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif., left,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-opioid-users-treatment-medicaid-expansion.html Steven Reinberg, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay)—The expansion of Medicaid that came along with the Affordable Care Act has made it easier for some opioid users to get treatment, new...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6731a1.htm?s_cid=mm6731a1_w Sarah C. Haight, MPH1,2; Jean Y. Ko, PhD1,3; Van T. Tong, MPH1; Michele K. Bohm, MPH4; William M. Callaghan, MD1 Summary What is already known about this topic? National rates of opioid use disorder...